Rhetorical devices quiz 1

parody

invective

Alliteration

Metonymy

Personification

Satire

Anaphora

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Hyperbole

exaggeration

Connotation

Allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as

Parallelism

Sarcasm

Understatement

Paradox

Irony

Euphemism

Antithesis